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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by jimnotgym on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:53PM (#34585467)
A hierarchy of folders is great for hierarchical data like

Accounts>2020>July>july_20.xlsx

For other stuff is a nightmare because it often could be in 2 places. Maybe you have a folder for <bosses_name> and one for HR...now your boss asks you for that hr thing he asked you to do 2 years ago, where is it?

I give my non-hierarchical files filenames with as much meta data as possible, and stick them all in one folder. Search does the rest.

I save my temporary files in my downloads folder. Now and again I delete stuff from a year or so ago.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by sangnoir on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:45PM (#34604075)
> For other stuff is a nightmare because it often could be in 2 places

Symlinks are an obvious solution for OSes that support them, without having to resort to tagging and/or search search

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